WASHINGTON — When House Republicans brought Congress within hours of a government shutdown at the end of September — and when a handful of those GOP lawmakers succeeded in ousting Kevin …
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Orion Donovan Smith / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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10/8/23
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It took a few days, but the fallout seems to have momentarily subsided, with Mariners president of baseball operations Jerry Dipoto apologizing for postseason comments that called his ambition into …
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Matt Calkins / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/8/23
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Nobody was quite sure how life would change for Washingtonians when lawmakers passed the state's landmark climate policy in 2021.
But in the nine months since the state started charging …
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Conrad Swanson / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/8/23
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BURIEN — On a recent morning, Ross Preston and Josh Dossett watched the cadets of Basic Law Enforcement Academy Class 868 practice firing their weapons. The soon-to-be officers were working on …
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Mike Carter / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/8/23
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Thurston County is using a new tool to help judges and other judicial officers decide whether to impose bail or other conditions on people accused of crimes.
The tool, known as the Public Safety …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian (TNS)
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10/8/23
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Bail is set at $50,000 for a man accused of assaulting a man who tried to lock him inside a Mossyrock garage on Wednesday.
The victim reported he tried to lock the suspect, Christopher …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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10/8/23
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Ultimately, after the NFL reviewed Monday night's Seahawks-Giants game and handed out fines, only one player was docked any money — quarterback Geno Smith.
Smith was fined $10,927 for …
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Bob Condotta / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/7/23
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The Oregon Ducks’ road game next Saturday against the Washington Huskies picked up even more fanfare when ESPN “College GameDay” announced it would broadcast from Seattle ahead of …
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Joel Odom / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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10/7/23
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A 33-year-old man has been charged in Pierce County Superior Court with shooting a person multiple times in early September.
Keenan David Blakely was arrested Wednesday before noon in the Sept. …
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Puneet Bsanti / The News Tribune (TNS)
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10/7/23
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For years after cousins Elsie Eldora Luscier and Carlotta Maria Sanchez disappeared from the Quinault Nation Indian Reservation in August 1979, authorities thought they were runaways.
But with …
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Tammy Ayer / Yakima Herald-Republic (TNS)
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10/7/23
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SEATTLE — The NFL has decided not to discipline Seahawks safety Jamal Adams for his actions toward an unaffiliated neurotrauma consultant in Monday night’s win over the New York Giants, a …
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Bob Condotta / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/7/23
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Olympia and Tumwater police are investigating after a string of both successful and unsuccessful burglary attempts. It's believed the same group was involved in every incident, and police now have …
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Ty Vinson / The Olympian (TNS)
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10/7/23
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YAKIMA — The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission recently approved acquiring about 650 acres in the Chester Butte Unit of the Sagebrush Flat Wildlife Area in Douglas County to promote the …
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Emily Thornton / The Wenatchee World (TNS)
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10/7/23
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A convicted sex offender was sentenced Friday to life in prison for chaining a woman to a truck in his Tacoma garage for two weeks in 2021. The jury that found him guilty could not decide if he raped …
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Peter Talbot / The News Tribune (TNS)
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10/7/23
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A former U.S. Army sergeant was arrested on an indictment that charges him with attempting to pass national defense information to the People's Republic of China.
Joseph Daniel Schmidt, 29, who …
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Puneet Bsanti / The News Tribune (TNS)
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10/7/23
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SEATTLE — Joe Jarzynka's last hurrah didn't have to look like this.
On March 4, 2023, the Husky football folk hero left for a fishing trip. The night before he had hosted friends for a …
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Mike Vorel / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/7/23
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The Tenino girls soccer team got the only goal it would end up needing in the opening 60 seconds of its non-league matchup against Ilwaco on Saturday morning, then added six more for good measure …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/7/23
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A 39-year-old Olympia woman who's accused of causing a fatal fentanyl overdose in June has been released from jail with conditions.
Jada Renee Lane attended her preliminary appearance in …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian (TNS)
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10/7/23
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10/7/23
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The W.F. West tennis team improved to 6-4 with a sweep over Black Hills on Friday, led by top singles player Christian Tatana, who won 11 straight games to win his match after trailing 2-1 in the …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/7/23
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